Sylvester T. Smith

Sylvester Thomas Smith was the Pastor of the Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia from 5 June 1994.

Biography
Sylvester Thomas Smith was born in Florida, the second of thirteen children. He was raised in Monticello and Dade City, and he earned a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Union University in 1981, becoming a Baptist minister. He worked as a pastor at several churches in Virginia before becoming a pastor in Richmond in 1994; he was also a Freemason and a life member of the NAACP.